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| Full name | Changchun Yatai Football Club 长春亚泰足球俱乐部 | ||
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| Founded | 6 June 1996[1] | ||
| Ground | Nanling Stadium, Changchun, China | ||
| Capacity | 38,500 | ||
| Owner | Jiarun Investment Management Co. Ltd. | ||
| Chairman | Zeng Jiaofeng | ||
| Head coach | Xie Hui | ||
| League | Chinese Super League | ||
| 2024 | Chinese Super League, 9th of 16 | ||
| Website | http://www.yataifc.cn | ||
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Changchun Yatai Football Club (Chinese: 长春亚泰足球俱乐部; pinyin: Chángchūn Yàtài Zúqiú Jùlèbù) is a Chinese professional football club based in Changchun, Jilin, that competes in the Chinese Super League, the top tier of Chinese football. Changchun Yatai plays its home matches at the Changchun Stadium, located within Nanguan District. The club's founder and main investor is the private Chinese conglomerate Jilin Yatai Group.
The club was formed on 6 June 1996, before making their debut in the third tier of China's football league pyramid in the 1997 league season. In 2000, they bought a position into the second division after they merged with Huizhou PLA Saonon. In 2001, they finished as runners-up within their division. However, they were denied promotion after they were embroiled in a match-fixing scandal.[2] The club would reform and re-apply for a CFA playing license before they eventually gained promotion to China's top flight at the end of the 2005 league campaign. In the 2007 Chinese Super League, they won the league title and participated in the 2008 AFC Champions League for the first time. They have since gone on to come in second at the 2009 Chinese Super League and also participated in the 2010 AFC Champions League.
- ^ "Changchun Yatai FC". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
- ^ "资料："甲B五鼠"事件". news.xinhuanet.com. 3 December 2007. Archived from the original on 10 April 2009. Retrieved 15 June 2015.